Elena Ilinykh

Elena Ruslanovna Ilinykh is a Russian ice dancer. With partner Ruslan Zhiganshin, she is the 2015 Russian national champion.

Elena Ilinykh was born in Aktau , Kazakhstan and raised in Moscow, Russia. Her parents divorced when she was two years old. From around 2006 to 2008, Ilinykh lived in Michigan with her grandmother and became fluent in English. Her mother adopted a twoyearold boy in around 2010.

Source: Wikipedia